<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi everyone,<br class=""><br class="">It’s time for Part One of the Programming Committee CFP review! Before you begin, please take the time to watch this <a href="https://www.screencast.com/t/6q9Jx5UXP88" class="">tutorial video</a>.<br class=""><br class="">You have between now and <b class="">Sunday, July 14 at 11:59pm PT</b> (Monday, July 15 at 6:59 UTC) to complete this part. See the timeline below for reference.<br class=""><br class="">During this time we ask you to:<br class=""><div class=""><ul class=""><li class="">Review the submissions within your specific track and identify any that need to be moved into another track category by clicking the “Suggest Category Change” button. <a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/shanghai-2019/summit-categories/" class="">View the full list of tracks here</a>.</li><li class="">Flag any talks that are obvious test submissions and need to be removed (in addition to duplicates). Note this by making a comment and sending an email to <a href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org" class="">speakersupport@openstack.org</a> with a link to the presentation.</li><li class="">Include comments on any sessions that you want to flag for more discussion later during the selection process. *ONLY* Programming Committee members will be able to view your comments. Speakers and submitters cannot see your comments.</li></ul></div><br class="">Please watch this <a href="https://www.screencast.com/t/6q9Jx5UXP88" class="">tutorial video</a> to learn how to use the Track Chair tool.<br class=""><br class="">After you’ve watched the video you may access the Track Chair tool: <a href="http://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/" class="">www.openstack.org/track-chairs/</a> <div class=""><br class="">Log in with your email address and the password that you've set for the OpenStack website. If you did not already have an OpenStackID, we registered you for an account. In that case, you will need to <a href="https://www.openstack.org/Security/lostpassword" class="">reset your password</a>. If you have any login issues, please contact <a href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org" class="">speakersupport@openstack.org</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""><b class="">As a reminder, the submission review process has two parts:</b><br class="">Part One: July 8 - 14<br class="">Reviewing/moving session submissions into correct Tracks (2-4 hours)<br class=""><br class="">Part Two: July 15 - 29<br class="">Final Track sessions decisions (8 hours)<br class=""><br class=""><b class="">Contacting your fellow Programming Committee members:</b><br class="">The email addresses and Track names for all Programming Committee members are listed here: <a href="https://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/directory" class="">https://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/directory</a></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">As a reminder, <b class="">please do not notify speakers</b> that they have been accepted ahead of the public announcement.<br class=""><br class="">We’ll be in touch the week of July 15 with another tutorial video and detailed steps on Part Two when you will use the Track Chair administrative tool to make your individual and team selections.<br class=""><br class="">Cheers,<br class="">Ashlee & Jimmy</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="">
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